The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-11-22
Temperance Lsttas from the Coast.

tsursr. uce. recently h,td the pleasure OF
hs2ruC him address the ceCpls % OaSlanG
"a this Su6lsct, Se Is forcSb.e speaker.
one who by tonS experience knows how 10
make s. powerful impression, and yes one
who o0ly appeals % ChriStian sentiment.
who bases ali ms argument on Christianity.
bis visiting tbs Islands st this time seems
ysry 0pportune.
A. tAke tins occasion 10 give some Of the
reS1lts OF nv observations Of temperance
movements. which may o. interesting when
new legislation asainSt fnteDpersnes l. pro
poSsd II the Islands
me temperance movement Is becoming
Ucre and Do-e Of worldwide inheritance.
l. i nov estinstsd that the animal exports
q ardent spirits by Europe Sn6 America 20
Arrlca alone amount II value % several hun
1-e1 million uoLl3rs- CSuOC ka-rar has de-
c-2rsd that the ruic resulting from this
t-ihc : greater than that caused bv the
slave trace. WAX is trus Of the eyil effects
CT r1,S trl-lc. slG az us colossal character III
As-lca. Is Jrus IN the rest OF tie world.
Senator Wlrdo- recently stated IL 3 public
p ----5sS l11- tcs revE- ceS - the hCcor brSi-
czss ir the CuItsd States are srsatsr than
-l-Ss Of I'll tEs -allVC35S q the cocrtrv. and
sEst the waste - life thereby caused every
i've years Is equal 20 the distraction Of life
tv both arUIss during che entire var OF the
American REBELLION.
Ii Is rs Longer q question whether the
scc- Is how % suppress It.
kr- l-se-cS THIS question the great mess
Sly = -cw tcat there be q union Of temper
Ecc5 rstorns-s. There Is erougb temperance
sentiment 10 abolish al the setloonS Of the
cC-Ctrg. Il the refcrmsrs were Only united In
rhe Ensrhod Of SttaeS- but there sire many
StylsS OF Temperance sentiments and Of plSns
~ reform.
ar so-prised to End that On this coast
So2s --1csotisl men ard some prominent
go -nsa stil favor moderate drinking SIS
sSScst toSSl shssins2ee, and moral s1Asion
Esr1 70 DorA SuSSaor Il may be said that
Slle this NAY Be properly used where
E2ls evL eoR61ct affects himself alone,
clvll government shall intsrpcse where his
cocduct seriously sSeets soeisty.
Just nov throughout this country the pla1
q ElEe license Is much sdvOcased- A few
months $50 by popular vote. Oakland
sS-pss1 8 high license law. the result OF
u1lcc : that slxty-fo1r liquor saloons have
tss- cl0Ss0 n this one CITY. This seems
Ike grand triumph. li1t Il Is 8 Question
=1=-1sr really -uch hiss been thereby &C
-cc--p -lSheG- Ii seems probable that the
--E--- o. crCl ElrOS II tGlS community =
very l-sla. Il any, diminished by this nets
--=- LrcCC- = DoE thereby U2ds Sny more
expressive Cc- CO men have 10 50 much fur
--=- 81 -cssl1 L. nor = the D8uf1 for drink
--=-s-y diminished The change consists
--=-v az giving a monopoly Of the Business
Sc --5 few who can pav the higher license.
E-- 1- lcccc-t Of heir larger expense press
tie Business more earnestly. throwing all
r-SS-c-s charm Gud eCcLGntners about social
drinking. sDG Eko Ccly rejoice to have the
l-S--sSs lsZalILeG srC made apparently rs-
SEec-Ec-e- Il i argCsC BY many that there
= -- cC-1plil nv BY those Eb1 sSca tliSh high
k,e-ss IN tie IQCoZ business, since they
-sreoy oalE Place 8 reralty on tie business
E-5 L : plty that the measure cgECCt with
--Gs view IS called by It's riEhL name. when
the clTrl sanction OF the business makes It
respectable Recently the liquor dealers Of
Lc-lssLlls drafted bin for high license 10
BE --SeS Cpo1 the legislature Of Kentucky.
SIS Measure II their own favor. II has been
---c.-SIvsly proved that this resaSrre for
----C-IcE temperance reform has been 3
tE-rs wherever Il has been adopted To
----srznce men II his been G5luSl1n acd
s-re.
B-= alternative from moral sGzSloa snd
~ I,s1se has been Prohibition By civil
sts---s. he lsadsrs II the United States IN
t-z 5E--ts for this measure have been the
&c 4. C. his fact was h1morOUsly re-
-=-reC 20 ialsLv II g rEU-psrHues meeting Of
--= aEvsz-iStS n Oakland. speaker told
--= Gee N Stb6lth School g teacher
sz=E us pCpl1s % describe the cceatiCc Of
s---. Ehsn enc pupil replied. that the
e-- pat Adam 70 sleep ard took cut his
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